This story started out as a joke between friends and halfway through became something a little more serious. Still, I had fun. Hopefully other folk do too. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-only-d...

My take on that old chestnut: how to convince someone to spend their time and money on your writing. Cussing ensues. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/nobody-kno...

Morning. It may be a holiday Monday here in the US, but there is no break from the relentless march of me pumping nonsense out into the world. So... enjoy the fresh story. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/caught-up-...

Fresh Friday, fresh fiction. This week, another exploration of the inexplicable. This time with disgruntled girlfriends and deer. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/caught-up-...

This is a social media post promoting a blog post promoting a novella. I have entered the recursive loop stage of promotion. I apologize. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go and consume my own tail. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/feeding-th...

Mandatory selfie with my latest release in front of Notre-Dame

New week, new audio. This week, I played around with repetition and the collapse of civilization. Enjoy? jonathanwood.substack.com/p/can-we-get...

this isn't mine, but I'm super excited about @jonathanwood.bsky.social's novella coming out this year from @underlandpress.bsky.social: Washed Up On Dark Shores www.underlandpress.com/washed-up-on...

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Who's got two thumbs and a really sexy book cover?

Morning! New Friday = new fiction. This week, repetition, enshittification, a downward spiral. Enjoy? jonathanwood.substack.com/p/can-we-get...

Another week, another micro podcast. This week: a text exchange goes awry. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/wrong-pers...

Fresh Friday, fresh fiction. I'm unusually happy with how this one came out. A little horror epistolary in the form of text messages. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/wrong-person

What better way to start your week than with a British man blathering absolute nonsense at you? This week's audio is up. Another tale of contemporary corporate woe. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-employ...

Fresh Friday. Fresh fiction. This week, an attempt to democratize talent goes more than a little awry. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-employ...

✨This month, AN UNCOMMON CURSE turns 3✨ To celebrate, it's on sale for $0.99 through the end of April! Perfect excuse to start my Curses & Curtains series of fairy tales-meet-musical theatre fantasy novels 🎭🐉 books2read.com/u/bzKXBj devan-barlow.itch.io/an-uncommon-...

New week, new audio: a few reflections on the village where I grew up. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/biography-...

Another week ends, another story goes up. This week, something of a reflection on the village I grew up in (through the lens of Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities" for the postmodern lit nerds amongst you). jonathanwood.substack.com/p/biography

For everyone who wants more musical numbers in their fantasy novels!

Samwise Gamgee: Mr. Frodo, let's fucking go

Morning! Today, I posted some DEEPLY nerdy thoughts about what playing D&D taught me about structuring stories. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/dungeons-a...

New week, new audio. This week's story is either about gratitude or the power of a really good cup of coffee. You decide. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-best-c...

Oh look, we're out of work days already. Let's celebrate with a story about an old man serving coffee and advice in the middle of nowhere, shall we? jonathanwood.substack.com/p/all-washed...

Morning! Another week, another of little story from me. This time around, someone explore a vast institute, worships strange gods, and keeps neat track of his itinerary. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/to-do-audio

Another Friday, another story. This time, another experiment with form, trying to make a to do list into a story. Plus some general weirdness because it's me. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/to-do

Morning. Today: some thoughts around the positives and negatives of a compulsive work ethic. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/performing...

Oh, look it's Monday again. Maybe 4 micro-micro-stories about a put-upon civil servant dealing with magical and alien threats to England will east the pain? jonathanwood.substack.com/p/no-hero-or...

Morning. Another Friday. More fiction. This week: a visit to the archives for the four pieces of flash fiction that led me to come up with the whole Hero series. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/no-hero-or...

More craft thoughts. Today, a brief discursion into story structure, and whether it's useful or not. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/structural...

Time rolls on relentlessly and apparently I do too: fresh audio for you feed. Six minutes of absurdity and ire aimed in the direction of doorbell cameras. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/on-the-saf...

Morning. Another Friday, another story. This week, I mostly just exorcise my dislike of doorbell cameras... Enjoy? jonathanwood.substack.com/p/on-the-saf...

Morning. Posted some thoughts on social media and community building today. Because everyone wants a 40-year old's take on social media, right? jonathanwood.substack.com/p/how-social...

Saw this reel a bit ago lamenting the formulation of fantasy lately and how we need to bring back weird fantasy. I AM 1000% ON BOARD. MAKE 2026 THE YEAR OF WEIRD. www.instagram.com/reels/DS7j_6...

Morning. Something a little... well, different this morning. This week's story didn't lend itself to an audio interpretation, so instead, here's an excerpt of the novella I have coming out in August. I hope folk enjoy. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/washed-up-...

Morning! Another Friday, another bit of fiction. This week, I finally indulged my desire to write a choose-your-own-adventure style story, which I'm not sure is a format intended for micro-fiction. Still, I had fun. Maybe other people will too? jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-walk

The best way to make your protagonist seem less of an idiot? Surround him with even bigger idiots! Follow me for more profound writing tips!! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/cast-contr...

Morning! Another Monday, another podcast. Because who doesn't want six minutes of audio to make their week weirder? jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-interi...

Morning! Another Friday, another free story. This week: soldiers venture into an unwelcoming realm, and try to deal with the fallout. Action and weirdness, all in a 5-minute read. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-interior

Morning. Today: a few thoughts about influences and how they help and hinder the creative act, and how to get the most out of them. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/under-the-...

Morning! The audio iteration of Something's a Little Off is up, so you've got something odd to listen to for 6 and a half minutes. Don't say I don't have you covered. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/in-miniatu...

Morning. Another Friday. Another piece of free fiction. This week, a man tries to control his world, and everything you'd expect ensues. Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/in-miniature

Morning. Today: some thoughts about action, and good books to read if you want to write about things going boom. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/books-wher...

if you're ever wondering if your nice words and support really matter to a writer/artist, this is how we feel when it happens:

Morning. Had way too much news already? Why not distract yourself with some fictional horror instead of the real thing? jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-second...

A little cosmic horror to kick off your morning. Just in case your coffee isn't dark enough. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-second...

really excellent post by @jonathanwood.bsky.social on the rewarding experience of writing stories weekly for his substack jonathanwood.substack.com/p/start-here

Morning. The substack has been going for a while now, so I've put together a small sampler of stories plus an excerpt of my upcoming novella Washed Up on Dark Shores (coming this August). Enjoy! jonathanwood.substack.com/p/start-here

this may be easy for me since I collect horror anthologies & collections & read them for fun @paultremblay.bsky.social @halduncan.com @lairdbarron.bsky.social @gemmafiles.bsky.social @jonathanwood.bsky.social @kellylink.bsky.social (cont)

Morning! Why not celebrate the snow with a story that has absolutely no relationship to it other than my own desperate attempt to make this seem relevant? How does self promo work again? jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-weapon...

Another week, another story. This time out: assassinations, romance, and a man reckoning with his past. All in the amount of time it takes to drink a coffee. jonathanwood.substack.com/p/the-weapon